See our best photos on the history of the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory

Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in 1965.

The Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory before its formal dedication in 1965.

First Lady Claudia Alta Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson was in Milwaukee to dedicate the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in September, 1965.

First Lady Claudia Alta Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson was in Milwaukee to dedicate the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in September, 1965.

The Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory looking north along 27th street, circa 1967.

Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory

The moon is seen over the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in 1983.

A 1984 Press Photo shows Mitchell Park visitors with the Horticulture Conservatory domes in the background.

Mitchell park Domes floriculturist Kris Ciombor put some finishing touches on an exhibit in September, 1988.

Miles Theurich (left) got a traditional fish boil underway while Marion and Ken Bruce of Franklin got a close up view. Theurich orchestrated a dinner for about 150 members and guests of the friends of the Domes in July, 1988.

Milwaukee County Parks worker Candida Mestayer (left) operates a boom bucket as artist Lynn Burke places Christmas ornaments on a large evergreen at the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in November, 1997.

Iron workers Tom Freda and George Schroeder unscrew a triangular window that measures five to six feet from the side of a dome in September, 1998.

Micah Curd, 4 (left), his stepbrother, Ronald Morgan, 8, and sister Corey Curd, 9, make their way home after an afternoon in the Mitchell Park Domes in May, 2005.

Bill Cozzens of Oconomowoc enjoys a day in the Mitchell Park Domes, running G-scale model trains during the train show in February, 2007.

Nathan Safranek (3) of Pewaukee, waves as a model train passes by while enjoying the train show at the Mitchell Park Domes on February 8, 2007.

A large Easter lily basks in the sunlight at the Mitchell Park Domes in 2008.

The Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory reopened after being closed since June for repair and renovation. Hundreds crowded into the domes to watch the LED light show, and see the new lighting in November, 2008.

In 2009, the Mitchell Park Conservatory Domes featured "A Children's Holiday," show that made use of their new lighting.

Dama Garrison, 4, (From left), her sister, DeOnna Garrison, 7, from Racine, Marcus Francis, 8, from Lake Mills, and Zeyden Chapin, 6, of Fond du Lac listen to a presentation at the Mitchell Park Domes on September 20, 2010.

The Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory prepared for their 2011 Christmas floral show, “Holly, Jolly Holidays.”

Workers prepare to move a Dutch windmill in preparation for the opening of the Mitchell Park Domes show "Tulip Mania" in 2012.

A group of children enjoy G-scale trains as the trains travel through a miniature landscape as part of The Circus Comes to Town at the Mitchell Park Conservatory in February, 2013.

Contractors inspect the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory glass panels for repairs on Feb. 4, 2014.

Mitchell Park Domes conservatory educator Paula Zamiatowski checks growth on a green roof. The plants and soil on green roofs absorb storm water.

In February, 2016, the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory were closed as county officials launched repairs.

The Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory was closed after an engineering study concluded the cost of refurbishing the troubled south side landmark could range between $65 million to $75 million, County Executive Chris Abele said during a press conference on February 8, 2016. The work would require massive structural repairs to the steel and concrete membrane that comprise the domes. The facility was closed for the weekend to protect the public and employees from potentially falling debris after a chunk of concrete crashed to the ground in a non-public area. The Domes were constructed in stages between 1959 and 1967.

The Mitchell Park Domes at the Mitchell Park Conservatory are closed as county officials consider repairs in February, 2016.

Masonry Restoration uses a specialized spider lift as repair work begins on the Tropical Dome at the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in July, 2016.

A concrete beam shows degradation while work continued on the Tropical Dome at the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in July, 2016.

Masonry Restoration foreman Ken Glyzewski works on placing steel cable and brackets that will support wire mesh inside the Tropical Dome at the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in July, 2016. The mesh will protect the public from falling concrete.

Workers install stainless steel mesh inside the Show Dome at the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in March 2016.

The Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in Milwaukee on September 14, 2016.

The moon rises behind the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in Milwaukee on September 14, 2016.

The Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory just after dusk in Milwaukee on Sept. 14, 2016.

Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory Desert Dome was reopened to the public on Oct. 29, 2016. The Desert Dome was decorated for the Ghosts Under Glass fundraising event sponsored by Friends of the Dome.

A large Easter lily basks in the sunlight at the Mitchell Park Domes in March, 2008.

Renee Larsen of Greenfield babysits 19-month-old Mikey Hoffmann during a tour of the Mitchell Park Domes in January, 2011.

Aura Grant gets a look at some plants with her mother Andrea in the desert dome in September, 2010.

The Kooky Cooky House holiday display, once a staple at the Capitol Court shopping mall in the 1960s and '70s, wason display at the Domes in 2017.

A 2016 file photo shows the aging Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory. A citizens task force was studying whether to restore the Domes or replace them with a new horticultural conservatory.

Dave Konieczka gets a strong smell of the newly bloomed corpse flower at the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in June 2018.

People tour the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory “Scrooooge!” Holiday floral Show in December, 2018.

A view of the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory desert dome on March 11, 2019, in Milwaukee, Wis. A report recommended tearing down the domes and replacing it with a new horticultural conservatory combined with a relocated Milwaukee Public Museum. They domes cover 45,000 square feet of display area and were constructed in stages from 1959 to 1967.

A holiday show at the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in November, 2019.

The Mitchell Park Domes opened with new Covid19 restrictions in September, 2020. Masks and social distancing were required. Reservations and tickets had to be bought in advance to help keep crowds to a safe level. The fall show called The Haunting of Sleepy Hollow included this “The Old Maid” figure.

Jackson Weber (7) holds his nose as he and his mother Mercedes Weber and brother Knox (4) of Caledonia look at the rare-blooming "corpse flower" inside the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in July, 2021.

The Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in Milwaukee, Wis. on Oct. 24, 2021.

The sun rises behind the Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in Milwaukee in November, 2021.

The Mitchell Park Domes Horticulture Conservatory in June, 2022.